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TIL Australia is wider than the moon (3900 vs 3400KM Diameter)

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Yxv7 TIL that carbon nanotubes were found in Damascus steel swords from the Seventeenth Century
ANDeg TIL that when Abraham Lincoln took off his Stovepipe Hat to give his first Inaugural Address, he awkwardly looked around for a place to put it. The losing Presidential Candidate, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, stepped forward, said “Permit me,” and took the hat to hold on his knee during the address.
QJyop TIL why we have two nostrils - different smells are detectable at different air speeds, so one nostril is always more open than the other to give us a wider olfactory range.
epaED Til Hubble’s advanced technology was applied in many areas from medicine to wildlife conservation. One of more notable is helping digital mammography biopsy system image breast tissue more clearly and efficiently than before.
gM5yy TIL that the reason that that one guy made that solo treadmill video in their basement gym might had had something to with the music video of "OK Go - Here It Goes Again"... Cause I saw the original music video for the first time today...